搤

搤	U+6424, 搤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6424

Translingual

For pronunciation and definitions of 搤 – see 扼 (“to grasp; to clutch; to guard; to control; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 扼).

simp. and trad.		搤
alternative forms		挖抑野益抉挖抑野益抉穵扼

Possibly from 揠 (OC *qreːd, “to pull up”).^[1]

to dig (a small hole); to scoop; to gouge; to scrape out (a small thing)
Synonym: 挖 (wā)

搤番薯 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― iah han-chî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to dig out sweet potatoes
to paddle or make a similar movement with hands
Synonym: 掰 (bāi)

搤水 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― iah chúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to paddle in the water
(figurative) to expose; to uncover (something embarrassing or damaging)
Synonyms: 揭露 (jiēlù), 洩漏／泄漏 (xièlòu)

共人搤根底 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― kā lâng iah kin-té [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to dig up dirt on somebody
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to pry; to prize
(Xiamen Hokkien) to convey a big bite of food into one's mouth with chopsticks

Dialectal synonyms of 挖 (“to dig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	挖
	Malaysia	挖
	Singapore	挖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	挖
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	掘
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	挖
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	挖
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	挖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	挖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掘
Cantonese	Hong Kong	掘
Gan	Nanchang	挖
Gan	Pingxiang	挖
Jin	Taiyuan	挖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掘
Southern Min	Xiamen	搤, 摀, 挖
	Quanzhou	搤, 挖
	Jinjiang	搤
	Zhangzhou	摀, 挖
	Tainan	搤, 摀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搤, 摀
	Manila (Hokkien)	搤
	Leizhou	掘
	Haikou	掘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	挖
Wu	Shanghai	掘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挖
	Suzhou	掘
	Wenzhou	掘
	Jinhua	掘

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “挖”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“Entry #9483”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

搤

搤 • (aek) (hangeul 액, revised aek, McCune–Reischauer aek, Yale ayk)

搤: Hán Nôm readings: ách

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